ROB'S RESUME

GRANTS & AWARDS
2002
Arntz Family Foundation Grant, Appalachian Coal Country Project with AMD & ART
2001
Institute for Noetic Sciences, Community Arts Grant for "National Wild and Scenic Eel River" Documentary Project
1996
GRAPHIS Photo Annual Award (International magazine of design and Communication), For Antarctica Series
1994
GRAPHIS Photo Annual Award, Best in Journalism, Environmental Series
1994
Maine Photographic Workshops Print Competition, Best in Color Landscapes
1992
Communication Arts Photography Annual 1992, Award of Excellence
1991
Kodak Scholarship to "The Environmentally Concerned Photographer," Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
1977
Calif. Native Plant Society Annual Competition: 2 First Place, 1 Third Place, 2 Hon. Mentions

CLIENTS (Selected)

  • AT&T
  • Audi
  • Audubon Society
  • CNN/Turner International
  • The Center for Russian Nature Conservation
  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Chevron USA
  • Dean Witter Reynolds
  • DuPont
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Friends of the Eel River
  • General Motors
  • Glaxo/Welcome Co.
  • Inyo County CA
  • Mercedes Benz
  • The Nature Company
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The National Park Service
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • Save the Bay
  • Save the Redwoods League
  • The Sierra Club
  • Solomon/Smith Barney
  • TIME Magazine
  • The Trust for Public Land
  • US Forest Service
  • The Wilderness Society

PUBLICATOINS (Environmental Topics and Issues Only)

  • Addison Wesley Publishing Co.
  • Audubon Calendars
  • Audubon Society
  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • Coastal Living Magazine
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Holt, Rhinehart, Winston Publishing Co.
  • Island Press (Fatal Harvest book and promotional poster)
  • Mother Jones Magazine
  • National Parks Magazine
  • National Wildlife Magazine
  • New York Times
  • NEWSWEEK Magazine
  • OMNI Magazine
  • Penguin Books USA
  • Resurgence Magazine
  • San Francisco Examiner Magazine and Newspaper
  • Sierra Club Books
  • Simon Schuster
  • Save the Redwoods League
  • Southern Outdoors Magazine
  • Sunset Magazine
  • TIME Magazine
  • UPI
  • The Washington Post
  • Wilderness Society Magazine
  • World Watch Magazine

ASSIGNMENTS (Environmental Clients and Issues Only)

2002
Save the Bay (San Francisco)
2001
Audubon Society, Create cover for wetlands brochure promoting restoration of Wetlands in San Francisco Bay
2001
West Marin Watershed Council, Aerial documentation of West Marin County CA Creeks, estuaries, and Tomales Bay
1999
Friends of the Eel River, Mendocino County, CA: Comprehensive watershed Documentation: aerials, ground and an eight day, 100 mile raft trip down river to The sea
1998
The Center For Russian Nature Conservation, Book and Exhibit Project: Documenting Russian nature preserves (3 weeks) in European Russia and remote Regions of Siberia
1997
Sunset Magazine. Photograph for a story on the threats to our National Park System
1998-94
Trust For Public Land, San Francisco, Over thirty projects, in five Western States And Hawaii, to create beauty images of privately held lands, for presentation to Congress for public land acquisition
1991-98
American Land Conservancy, San Francisco. Four projects, in California and Nevada, to create beauty images of privately held lands, for presentation to Congress for public land acquisition
1995
KQED (PBS) Books, San Francisco. To create images of visitor density, traffic and Pollution in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park CA
1993
Private Industry Council, San Francisco. To photograph historic buildings in The Presidio, Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco
1993
Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Palo Alto, CA. To photograph neighborhood tree Planting in San Francisco’s Sunset District
1992
Mineral Policy Center, Washington, DC and Lighthawk, Santa Fe, NM. Ten days of Aerial and ground photography documenting past and present mining activity on Public land, including views of mining waste dumps and the environmental Impacts on Montana’s watersheds
1991
TIME Magazine. Photograph a nationally publicized protest against toxic racism, The construction of a very large and potentially dangerous waste incinerator in a Low income, Hispanic community in California’s San Joaquin Valley
1989
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Ketchikan AK. Two weeks, using Aerial and ground photography, to document logging practices in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska
1988
The Nature Conservancy (in conjunction with Chevron USA) to photograph the Scenic beauty of the Gunnison Canyon and Gunnison River, Colorado
1980
The County of Inyo, CA Owens Valley Aquifer Water Project. Three months Documenting desert vegetation and the effects of increased groundwater Pumping In the Owens Valley

LECTURES AND SLIDE PRESENTATIONS (Environmental Only)

2001
"Autumn in California" Slide presentation for the California Native Plant Society, Mill Valley
2001
"California’s Eel River: A National Wild and Scenic River" Lecture and slide Presentation for the Friends of the Eel River, Strybring Arboretum at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
2000
"California’s Eel River: A National Wild and Scenic River" Lecture and slide Presentation for the Friends of the Eel River, Strybring Arboretum at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
2000
"California’s Eel River; A National Wild and Scenic River" Lecture and slide Presentation for the Friends of the Eel River, at the annual meeting of the California Floaters Society, American River CA
1999
"1998 El Nino Influence on Wildflower Blooms in Southern California Deserts," Strybring Arboretum at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
1998
"Public Land Mines" Slide presentation and lecture on the effects of mining on Public lands, Strybring Arboretum at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
1998
"The Photographer as a Voice in Conservation," School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, CA
1997
"The Role of Photography in the Deep Ecology Movement", Whidbey Institute, WA
1995
"Voyage to the Bottom of the World", Multi-Media Slide Presentation on Antarctica, The Falklands, and South Georgia Island. Mill Valley CA
1994
Lecture on "Creative Thinking in the Visual Arts," for the Harold Project, San Francisco
1993
Lecture and slide presentation on Federal Mining Law Reform, for The Sierra Club, At The National Press Club, Washington, DC
1993
"Pollution Prevention in Mining and Mineral Processing," for The Colorado School Of Mines, Aspen CO
1991
Trees of Western America, for The Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco
1989
Environmental Program for College Music Radio Programmers, National Conference, for ECO (Earth Communications Office, Los Angeles), New York City
1989
Program for Environmentally Concerned Members of the Entertainment Industry, For ECO, Los Angeles
1989
On the California Desert, for The CA Desert Protection Act, for The Sierra Club
1989
On the California Desert, for The CA Desert Protection Act, The Audubon Society
1989
On the California Desert, for The CA Desert Protection Act, The CA Desert Consortium

COLLECTIONS: Corporations/Organizations/Government (Selected)

  • California State Building, Supreme Court, San Francisco
  • The Eastridge Group, San Francisco
  • Fawcett Corporate Art Collection, OK
  • Fireman's Fund Insurance Co, Novato, CA (24 color prints)
  • James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco
  • Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Sierra Club Legal Defense Club, San Francisco
  • Synopsis Corporation, Mountain View, CA
  • Vance Info Systems, San Francisco

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002
Institute for Noetic Sciences, Petaluma CA
2001
Tiburon CA City Hall
1998
Canessa Gallery, San Francisco
1997
10 Montgomery Street Building, Financial District, San Francisco

1991

Iris Photographics, San Francisco
1989
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)

2004
Marin Artists, Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael CA
2001
Photographer’s Gallery, Palo Alto CA
2001
Van Kampen Art Gallery, Palo Alto CA
2000
"Environmental Art," Koret Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1999
"Small Works," Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa CA
1999
Marin Artists, Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael CA
1998-99
Synopsis Corporation, Mountain View CA
1998
3-Com Corporate Headquarters, Milpitas CA
1998
"Inside Marin", Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael CA
1998
"All Creatures Great and Small," Antarctica Imagery, Artisan’s Gallery, Mill Valley CA
1997
"Photographers of Marin," Marin Civic Center, San Rafael CA
1993-03
"Marin Arts Council Annual Artist’s Exhibition" Corte Madera CA
1995
"Long Horizons", Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael CA
1993
"Exhibition of Photographs By Marin Artists," Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur CA
1992
Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito CA
1985
"Contemporary American Nature Photographers," Chevron Art Gallery, San Francisco
1986-87
Gallery Faire, Mendocino CA
1980
"Tenth Annual Exhibition of Telluride Artists," Telluride CO
1980-81
McCredy Art Gallery, Telluride CO
1979-80
Reflections Photography Gallery, Vail, CO

FINE ART REPRESENTED BY (Selected)

  • A.G.I., Santa Monica CA
  • A.R.T., Los Gatos CA
  • Art by Design, Washington DC
  • Art Concepts, Walnut Creek CA
  • Artsource, LA and San Francisco CA
  • Britta Campbell Art Consultants, San Francisco CA
  • Corporate Art Consultants, Bloomington, MN
  • Dorsey Hovde Art Associates, Wayzata MN
  • Editions Limited, San Francisco CA
  • Gallery Services, San Diego CA
  • LFA Art Management, Boston MA
  • Modern Art Source, NY
  • The Photographer’s Gallery, Palo Alto CA
  • T. Bruce Associates, Oakland CA